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Sunday's Swiss Super League game between FC Thun and Zurich saw a pretty unusual pitch invader as a pesky pine marten ran amok. Players and officials gave chase although they couldn't get near it until Zurich defender Loris Benito got touch tight with the furry fiend.
Unlike ourselves, Benito failed to do background research on the pine marten - time was tight, him being on the pitch 'n' all - an...

Following yesterday's story on Liverpool's season ticket price rise being branded 'an insult', Arsenal fanzine writer and blogger Vic Crescit gets his teeth into the issue of ticket prices on the continent. Is the grass really greener on the other side of the channel?
Since the Football Supporters’ Federation kicked off its ticket price campaign there’s been suggestions from some quarters – no nam...

If you’ve not heard about our Twenty’s Plenty campaign aimed at reducing the cost of away tickets, where have you been? The campaign calls upon football clubs at all levels of the game to recognise and reward the amazing contribution of away fans by getting together to agree an across the board price cap on away match tickets of £20 (£15 for concessions).
While it was the Man City fans who chose t...

The Football Supporters' Federation receives complaints from fan in relation to policing and stewarding on a frequent basis. As part of our drive to properly manage and track these complaints we've created this online form. All details are for the FSF's eyes and no one else's. No personal information will be shared without your explicit approval.
You can join the FSF for free here and read more a...

Amanda Jacks is the FSF's Caseworker, dealing with our policing and stewarding work. Below she updates us on the case of the Hull City fans and their upcoming 'bubble' match at Huddersfield Town.
You may have seen the news that West Yorkshire Police (WYP) have decreed the only way Hull City fans can to travel to and from their away game against Huddersfield at the end of March is on official club...

Kieran Poole is a Sport Journalism student at the University of Brighton. He is in the process of doing some academic research on the Laws of the Game and how they could change, 150 years after their formation by the FA. Let Kieran know what you think via his Twitter feed at @footballlaws150.
The International Football Association Board (IFAB) stage their annual meeting in Edinburgh next weekend t...

The Culture, Media and Sport select committee's recommendation that fans must be listened to is a welcome one. But has the Government got the message? England and Nottingham Forest fan Becky Gamester fears not.
This week, there was promising progress in the ongoing battle for football fans to get their voices heard. After mammoth efforts from organisations such as Supporters Direct and the Footbal...

Safe standing advocate Rory Tingle argues that clubs should back the economic case for safe standing.
It’s time for football to acknowledge the economic case for safe standing. It’s great to see that the German FA has stressed the importance of a “positive fan culture” to its clubs and placed safe standing at the heart of this (the original document, in German, is here). It’s a tribute to the succ...

Ever wondered how the FA’s disciplinary processes work? Why do some players successfully overturn red cards and others don’t? Mark Ives, Disciplinary Manager at the FA’s Governance Division, explains more below.
The Football Association has been busy over the past 12-months to relaunch the Rules and Governance website – with the main focus on you. Yes, you. The fan. The local club player. The refe...

Why do I spend so much time following football? It’s a question that I hadn’t even considered until very recently to be honest. Why do I like football so much that I’m willing to spend thousands of pounds and hours travelling across Wales and England to watch 22 grown men kick a ball around?
When it’s put quite like that, you begin to wonder yourself!
All the bad experiences come flooding to mind ...